I just wanted to share my first Ebay buying experience.
First I want to say that I've read enough posts on this forum to be very cautious about shopping on EBAY. Presentation,The seller's description,and photos of the item being sold and scrutinizing every little detail of item being offered can either land you a gem or a dud.
I recently won bids on;
1.Realistic hand mic,circa 1980's'new'
2. Realistic TRC-421A CB Radio'new'
3. Realistic TRC-422A CB Radio'new'
4. Sears Roadtalker 40 AM CB Radio'newish'
5. Midland 1001Z CB Radio'new'
After receiving all of these items I purchased I examined each one to see if the Ebay seller I purchased them from was accurate in their description of these items.
Summary: all of these items except for the Sears Roadtalker met and exceeded my expectations.
The Roadtalker was listed as new and untested. I knew from examining the pics and description on Ebay that this seller might not be in the up and up with his items he's selling. On the Roadtalker it has two small cosmetic scratches on the faceplate,a mic clip(not the supplied one)is attached,a cig plug adapter is attached to the power wires. Other than this,the radio looks new,new. I powered it up and everything seems to work. I even got a radio check from a trucker sitting at the truck stop across the highway. The trucker said I sounded a little staticky but good otherwise. Note that with businesses all around,there's about 7 S-Units of static noise produced by these businesses. Another thing I noticed with this new 35 year old transceiver is that the control pots need cleaned. They're scratchy.
Also I bought a new inline swr/fs meter that looks like my Midland. I also am bidding on another new Radio Shack mobile transceiver.
Any tips and advice is welcome.
First I want to say that I've read enough posts on this forum to be very cautious about shopping on EBAY. Presentation,The seller's description,and photos of the item being sold and scrutinizing every little detail of item being offered can either land you a gem or a dud.
I recently won bids on;
1.Realistic hand mic,circa 1980's'new'
2. Realistic TRC-421A CB Radio'new'
3. Realistic TRC-422A CB Radio'new'
4. Sears Roadtalker 40 AM CB Radio'newish'
5. Midland 1001Z CB Radio'new'
After receiving all of these items I purchased I examined each one to see if the Ebay seller I purchased them from was accurate in their description of these items.
Summary: all of these items except for the Sears Roadtalker met and exceeded my expectations.
The Roadtalker was listed as new and untested. I knew from examining the pics and description on Ebay that this seller might not be in the up and up with his items he's selling. On the Roadtalker it has two small cosmetic scratches on the faceplate,a mic clip(not the supplied one)is attached,a cig plug adapter is attached to the power wires. Other than this,the radio looks new,new. I powered it up and everything seems to work. I even got a radio check from a trucker sitting at the truck stop across the highway. The trucker said I sounded a little staticky but good otherwise. Note that with businesses all around,there's about 7 S-Units of static noise produced by these businesses. Another thing I noticed with this new 35 year old transceiver is that the control pots need cleaned. They're scratchy.
Also I bought a new inline swr/fs meter that looks like my Midland. I also am bidding on another new Radio Shack mobile transceiver.
Any tips and advice is welcome.
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